Pen and pencil holder



July 30, 1929. c. R. BOWMAN PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER Filed Oct. 24

INVENTOR Couur ROI-Ann Bowman ATTORNEY Patented July 30, 1929.

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COUNT ROLAND BOWMAN, OF BRUOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR 01E ONE-HALF TO FRANK CAMIgZARATA, OF NEVI YORK, N. Y.

PEN AND PENCIL HOLDER.

Application filed. October 24, 1928. Serial No. 314,649.

This invention relates to a pen and pencil holder to be interposed between the overlapping portions of the front opening of a mans negligee shirt and supported on one of the buttons for closing the front of the shirt.

It is commonpractice among men who use fountain pens and pencils having pocket clips, and who perform their duties without wearing their suit coats, to engage the clips over the ends of the front portions of their outer shirts, while the bodyportions 0f the pens or pencils project inwardly and downwardly at an inclination between the overlapping front sections of the shirts opening. The material of the shirt at this point is relativelythin and as a consequence affords but little purchase for the, clip arrangement which very often fails to hold the pen or pencil in the desired position.

WVith the foregoing in mind it is the purpose of my invention to provide a separable pocket or container, which is especially adapted to hold pens and pencils by their clips and which is conceived to be inserted between the walls of the front opening of a mans outer shirt and supported in a downwardly inclined position upon one of the buttons used to close the front opening of the shirt. 7

A further object of the invention is to provide an article of manufacture which is simple and cheap to produce and which is highly efficient and easily applied.

I accomplish these objects by means of the arrangement hereinafter described, set forth in the claims andillustratively exemplified in the accompanying drawing, in which Fi ure 1 is a perspective view of my improved device operatively applied to the front opening of a mens outer shirt; Figure 2 is a front elevational view of my penoil and pen holder; Figure 3 is a substantially longitudinal sectional view taken on lines 33 of Figure 2, and Figure 4 is a front elevational view of a slightly modi-v The holder orpocket 10 is intended to be supported on the shirt in a downwardly inclined position, as illustrated in Flgure 1, so that the shorter ends of the walls 11 and 12 are cut at an angle to the body portion and when the pocket is in use the ends assume an upright position parallel with the front edges of the shirt opening. The walls 11 and 12 are attached together along two longer sides and lower end by a tape 18 and stitching 14, thus forming a pocket.

The rear wall 12 of the pocket at its open end is provided with a projection 15, formed of two superposed pieces of leather, leatherette or the like having their sides parallel with the corresponding sides of the walls 11 and 12. 'A row of stitching 16 is run completelyaround the projection 15, the two portions of which are disposed about the end of the rear wall-12, as illustrated in Figure 3, so that thestitching at this pointattaches the projection permanently to the 7 rear wall. The front wall 11 also carries a projection 17 atits open end, the projection comprising a strip of the same material as the other projection and out in an inverted V-shape. One portion of the V projects in the general direction of the front wall 11, forming a continuation thereof, and projecting to a point short of the bottom line of the wall 11 to provide a shoulder 11, the same being stitched along one end to the wall 11 by stitching 18 and along its upper and lower sides to the adjacent sides of the other projection 15 by continuations of the tape 13 and stitching 14.

The other arm of the V-shaped piece 17 folds over on the first arm and is provided with a projection 19 which folds under the second arm and is secured thereto by stitching 20 disposed marginally thereover, the upright row 21 of the stitching being disposed through the two overlying layers of the V-shaped piece adjacent the line of the fold thereof. According to this construe-- tionthe second portionof the piece 17 becomes a flap which engages over the edge of one side of the'front opening of the shirt, as illustrated in Figures 1 and 8. In order to support the pocket in usable position the upper end of the flap is provided with an extension 22 in which a but-ton hole 23 is out, the purpose being to receive a button 24 of one side of the front opening of the shirt. The holder is further supported by the shoulder 11 resting against the next lower button on the shirt front.

To apply the pen holder or pocket 10 is very simple, since it only requires the lower inclined end of the fabric pocket to be inserted between the ends of theshirt opening, the flap or projection 19 being folded over the edge of the shirt and button hole 23 engaging over the button 24 immediately above the pocket itself. The double thickness of the folded open end of the pocket affords ample purchase for the clips of the pens and pencils placed in the container for support and if the writing instrument is not provided with a clip, the inclination of the pocket will enable it to be safely held with out fear of dropping out even when the body of the user is leaning forward.

In Figure 4, I have shown the part 17 cut to provide a button hole 28 cutin a portion projecting below the holder and adapted to engage over one button of the shirt, while the upper end of the same part is projected beyond the upper edge of the holder and is cut to form a hook 292 on its front edge to engage the button immediately above.

Having now described my invention, what I claim and desire" to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A pen and pencil holder of the character described, comprising a pocket portion having its open end disposed at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the pocket, and a projection for the front wall of the. pocket folded over upon itself to embrace the edge of a garment, said projection being further of the layer and folded over on itself at the other end to engage over the edge of a garment, the upper end of the second extension having an opening to engage a button on the garment; j v

3. A pen and pencil holder, as claimed in claim 2, including a tape disposed about the closed ends of the layers of material, and a row of stitching disposed through thetape and layers, substantially as described.

4:. A pen and pencil holder, as claimed in claim 1, in which the pocket portion projects below-the projection to provide a shoulder adapted to engage against the neXt button on the shirt.

In testimony whereof he has affixed his signature.

COUNT ROLAND Bowman. 

